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Ecotopia – A book report
In a nutshell: The Pacific Northwest secedes from the Union and forms its own country. Northern California, Oregon, Washington and the coastal regions of BC and Alaska are put together to become Ecotopia, an environmentally sustainable society where cars are extinct and wildlife flourishes. (Which is essentially the opposite of what we have now.) The […]
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When did this happen?
There is nothing more silent than darkness approaching. Shadows lengthen, imperceptibly, quietly and without footfall or creaking floorboard. Daylight turns, looks once over its shoulder, and then it is gone. I am not sure when the change occurred but it must have been sometime in the past couple of weeks. All I know is that […]
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Perspiration
It has been a while since I set up a wilderness sweat lodge. I’ve done it on a few different occasions, with a variety of people and groups, but I think the best one I ever built was one that I put together on a solo trip. It was November and I was on Sucia […]
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What’s in a name? (Sequim edition)
As it turns out, the town of Sequim has been hiding its true nature. For the past hundred years or so, the name of the town has been taken to mean, in the parlance of the local Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, “Quiet Waters.” Kind of tranquil, slow-moving and sleepy, (like so many of the drivers out […]
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Yvon Chouinard’s dictionary
Yvon Chouinard is the founder of and guiding light behind Patagonia, the wildly successful and unconventional outdoor gear and clothing company, based in Ventura, California. One of the early rock jocks in Yosemite (and elsewhere), he used his metal-smithing abilities to create rock climbing protection – chocks, pitons and the like – for the other […]
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Here comes Brrr…
September, October, November and December. The last four months of the year. Is it simply coincidence that these are the only ones that end with the sound of cold weather? As these months get underway, as the thermometer falls, I expect I’ll be making that noise more often. I’ve been enjoying the Narrows in the […]
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Back in the saddle, or something
What a difference a month makes! Nobody’s the same as they were 3o days ago; we all have grown and learned because of the experiences that we’ve had. Hopefully, anyway. Learning and changing, growing and moving… from what I’ve heard, these are the essential processes of life, regardless of who or what you are. I […]
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Requisat en Pace
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” Isaac Asimov Out with a whimper, or a bang; it just depends how you look at it. There are customers in the shop up until the bitter end. A young couple, trying on jackets, seeing if this one fits right and if that one’s […]
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Interlude
Football season goes from September to January. During the rest of the year, players may have meetings, workouts and mini-camps to get to, there may be a charity golf tournament or an ESPN buddy show in which they are obligated to participate, but they are, for want of a better term, off. For about seven […]
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A story of sea kayaking and science on the rugged coast of Alaska. Coming – Spring 2014.
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